Ugly Criminals
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- Naci Mocan & Erdal Tekin, 2010. "Ugly Criminals," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 92(1), pages 15-30, February.
- Naci Mocan & Erdal Tekin, 2006. "Ugly Criminals," NBER Working Papers 12019, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
physical attractiveness; ugly; criminal; crime; beauty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2006-04-08 (Law & Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2006-04-08 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
- NEP-REG-2006-04-08 (Regulation)
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